Route check please Frenchies!
Discussion
Mes amis, a friend & I are driving to/from Montpellier in mid August and I'm just putting together the route plan.
I've done a fair bit of driving in FR before but this time we're a) in old cars b) have specific times we can leave and need to arrive, c) travelling in the middle of the holidays. Simply put:
This
and this
The cars will be fun when we arrive for our 10 days in a villa in Ceret (FR/ES border) but will be loud, hot and annoying for the long slog down.
Leaving Dover at 8pm on Monday Aug 11th, need to be arriving Montpellier Airport at 1pm on Wednesday 13th.
My quick plan is do the ferry, arrive Calais FR at 22.30 and do as follows:
22.30 - 02.30 260 miles/4 hours to Hotel de France, Le Mans.
Tuesday 10.00 - 16.00 320 miles from Le Mans to Figeac (Lot)
Wednesday 08.00 - 11.00 150 miles from Figeac, over Millau to Montpellier Airport
Does this seem reasonable at this time of year?
We'll abviously be aiming to get on the outside of a few ice cold continental lagers en route.
Cheers,
Ben
I've done a fair bit of driving in FR before but this time we're a) in old cars b) have specific times we can leave and need to arrive, c) travelling in the middle of the holidays. Simply put:
This
and this
The cars will be fun when we arrive for our 10 days in a villa in Ceret (FR/ES border) but will be loud, hot and annoying for the long slog down.
Leaving Dover at 8pm on Monday Aug 11th, need to be arriving Montpellier Airport at 1pm on Wednesday 13th.
My quick plan is do the ferry, arrive Calais FR at 22.30 and do as follows:
22.30 - 02.30 260 miles/4 hours to Hotel de France, Le Mans.
Tuesday 10.00 - 16.00 320 miles from Le Mans to Figeac (Lot)
Wednesday 08.00 - 11.00 150 miles from Figeac, over Millau to Montpellier Airport
Does this seem reasonable at this time of year?
We'll abviously be aiming to get on the outside of a few ice cold continental lagers en route.
Cheers,
Ben
Thanks gents, replies are gently reassuring 
Good point on 4hrs Calais to Le Mans. Come to think of it I know my beemer won't do that on a tank anyway! I'll peg it at c.5hrs and be happy with that.
As for Figeac-Montpellier, again thanks, didn't realise just how slow those roads have the potential to be. I think we'll stick to route and allow more time. We'll probably have a dejuner a la rue en route too (potentially carrying desperate hangovers
)
Good point on 4hrs Calais to Le Mans. Come to think of it I know my beemer won't do that on a tank anyway! I'll peg it at c.5hrs and be happy with that.
As for Figeac-Montpellier, again thanks, didn't realise just how slow those roads have the potential to be. I think we'll stick to route and allow more time. We'll probably have a dejuner a la rue en route too (potentially carrying desperate hangovers
)
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